Antso I of Gascony

Antso I of Gascony (755-812), also known as Sancho Lopez, Sanche Loup, Sans Lop, or Lupus Sancho, was the Duke of Gascony from 801 to 812, succeeding Lope II of Gascony and preceding Ximeno I of Gascony.

Biography
Antso was born in 755, the son of Lope II of Gascony. Antso was a Basque Christian of the House of de Vasconia. Raised at the Frankish court, he became a royal Frankish appointee as the man sent to pacify the Basques by Charlemagne, gaining the title of Duke of Gascony in 801. As Duke of the Vascones, he was a vassal of Francia, and he was one of Louis the Pious' army generals during his capture of Barcelona in 801, the same year as his reception of his title as duke. He was duke until his death in 812, and his son Ximeno I of Gascony succeeded him.